{"id":22777,"date":"2014-02-03T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/gmat-problem-solving-practice-the-solution\/"},"modified":"2014-02-03T06:00:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T13:00:48","slug":"gmat-problem-solving-practice-the-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-problem-solving-practice-the-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Problem Solving Practice: The Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2014\/02\/03\/gmat-problem-solving-practice-solution\/\" title=\"GMAT orch balc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"GMAT orch balc\" src=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/GMAT-orch-balc.jpg\" alt=\"GMAT Problem Solving Practice: The Solution\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Did you try out <a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2014\/01\/31\/gmat-problem-solving-practice\/#sthash.5Szr5M6K.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">Friday's GMAT problem solving practice question<\/a>? If not, give it a try before you look at the solution. Here's a reminder:<\/p>\n<p><strong>A theater charges $12 for seats in the orchestra and $8 for seats in the balcony.\u00a0 On a certain night, a total of 350 tickets were sold for a total cost of $3,320.\u00a0 How many more tickets were sold that night for seats in the balcony than for seats in the orchestra?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(A) 90<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>(B) 110<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>(C) 120<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>(D) 130<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>(E) 220<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first step in this problem is to translate the word problem into math. \u00a0You can write two equations based on the information in the question stem. \u00a0Call the balcony seats <strong>B<\/strong> and the orchestra seats <strong>R<\/strong> (avoid using the letter O as a variable because it looks like the number 0.) Now, you can write one equation based on the number of seats sold and one equation based on the amount of money made:<\/p>\n<p><strong>R + B = 350<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>12R + 8B = 3,320<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next, you need to combine these equations to solve for one of the variables. \u00a0Reorganize R + B = 350 in terms of B to get<\/p>\n<p><strong>B = 350 - R <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>and substitute (350 - R) in for B in the other equation.\u00a0 This gives you:<\/p>\n<p><strong>12R + 8(350 - R) = 3,320<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From here, you can solve for R as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>12R + 8(350 - R) = 3,320<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12R + 2800 - 8R = 3,320<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4R = 520<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>R = 130<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is that the correct answer? It's there, answer choice D. But no, that's not what the question is asking for!<\/p>\n<p>Next, plug 130 in for R in the initial equation and solve for B:<\/p>\n<p><strong>130 + B = 350<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>B = 220<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is that the correct answer? It's also there, answer choice E. No, that's still not what the question is asking for!<\/p>\n<p>Finally, you need to find out how many more balcony seats than orchestra seats there are by subtracting the two results:<\/p>\n<p><strong>220 - 130 = 90, which is answer choice (A).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Questions? Talk to us in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2014\/02\/03\/gmat-problem-solving-practice-solution\/\">GMAT Problem Solving Practice: The Solution<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\">Kaplan GMAT Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you try out Friday&#8217;s GMAT problem solving practice question? 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